Some Nets fans have tried it on twitter as a way to convince D-Will to stay in New Jersey — actually, make that Brooklyn — and not opt-out this summer. Williams will have none of it. He keeps saying his loyalty is to winning.

What Williams told Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports follows what he has said all along — he is going to look at all his options this summer. And that loyalty in the NBA tends to be a one-way street — fans beg teams to dump unproductive players but want good players to be loyal to the organization.

“People get traded all the time,” Williams told Yahoo! Sports. “They don’t get backlash as an organization. If [players] leave, we are not loyal, we are ungrateful. People say stuff to me on Twitter. They already think I’m gone. They are out there bashing me, saying to me I’m a traitor.

“I didn’t ask to be here. I got traded. I didn’t come here being a free agent. This is the first time that I’m a free agent in my career.”

If the Nets had completed their plan and gotten Dwight Howard, Williams confirmed that he pretty much would be staying. But Howard will play next season (or at least up to the trade deadline) in Orlando and his future could go a lot of directions. Williams isn’t tying his future to Howard’s.

This summer pretty much comes down to Brooklyn and hope with a young roster vs. Dallas, which has a winning culture, Dirk Nowitzki and can offer him a max deal (but less than what the Nets can offer). Williams was born and raised in the Dallas area.

Right now Williams is saying it’s about winning (everyone says its about winning until the money is on the table). But more than most, he might mean it.

“I want to win. At the end of the day, I’m not getting any younger,” Williams said. “I’ll be 28 when I sign this next deal. I have to look for the best situation for me.”

Not sure what that will be for sure, but he sounds like a guy who will test the market for sure.

These Nets fans tweeting at him have no one to blame, but Billy King. He pushed all his chips in on the hope of D-Will and Dwight. Then he doubled down on Gerald Wallace of all people. Now it’s becoming clear that he lost and when you go all in and lose you gotta leave the table.

He should have been fired instantly when he traded a 1st round draft pick for half a season of Gerald Wallace (for a team that is well below .500). He didn’t even dump contracts for the future – Okur was expiring, anyway.

I still don’t understand what the hell he was trying to do with that one…

Said it before and will say it again — NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY FOR THE NETS. And the only people who will be going to that space shuttle down the block from my office is these transplant hipsters who won’t even be there for basketball.

@Lakerluver… Very Correct. All free agents need to take note and follow Deron and Chris Paul’s lead… Be upfront and honest and don’t string your fanbase along. Fans ‘should’ understand. Whereas all this indecision and drama just makes you look bad. I’m looking at you Dwight.

@reupjosh -if they got d12 he would stay but plus if they draft Anthony Davis nets could package him and brook Lopez for a star player to pair with d-will plus their no guarantee d12 will stay with the magic long term . i could care less if d-will leaves cuz I’m a true new york knicks fan but I’m also from Brooklyn so i want Brooklyn nets organization to do well . its up to billy king to bring a star player to pair with d-will or d-will will head to home town “Dallas” its not no secret just saying.(d12 also can be traded to nets if the magic gets bounced in the first round and request a trade to the nets again by pulling the “Carmelo”card)